Newell mentioned that a recent Dota 2 update accounted for a rather unreal two per cent of all land and mobile internet activity when it released. The game recently overtook Skyrim’s record for most concurrent players on Steam, reaching just under 300k.

Newell added that the growth was due in no small part to community-created content in games such as Dota 2 and Team Fortress 2, which he says has helped create "an insatiable demand for gaming right now."